Ice-cream disher.



L. J. GRAPFO'RT & P. L. HOFFMAN.

10E CREAM 11131123. APPLICATION FILED FBB, 1908.

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USITED STATES PATE "AT UFFICE.

LORY J'. GI'tAlFFORT NND PETER L. HOFFMAN, OF NllW CARLLSLE, li\`.|)Ii\.\`;\.

ICE-CREAM DISHER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 10,- 1908.

Application filed February 5, 1908. Serial No. 414,436.

To all whom it 'may cone-em: i

Be it known that we, Loin? J'. Gmrronr and Pntlnn L. HOFFMAN, citizens ot' the United States, residing at New' Carlisle, in the county oi St. Joseph and State of In diana, have invented eert-ain, new and useful inproremonta` in l.loe-Grown Diohers, of which the 'following is a speeitieation.

This invention relatan to imprm'ernt-nits in ice crean] dishors and has for its object such Simplification oit parts as will facilitate their disassenibling and eleansir and will produce an appaintne4 that eliall be reliable, simple and durable.

1t consists of the novel eonetrnction and combination of paris as; are hereinafter doneribed and illustrated in. the accompanying drawings in whioh like parts are retorted to hy the sinne reference ohnraeter.

In the drawings Figure i4 is a perSpec-.tive "low ot' the parts assembled. Fig. 2 is a side View of the disehnring lingerie', tho 'pinion and its'gndgeon. lig. l is n ltnigitndinal. Vertical section of the dippor taken through the handle.

The bowl l and oi' a single piece of nieta-l and passing :morons the top ofl the bowl a bridge piece (l which is perforated to forni n bearing 'for the gudgeon l. o'l the pinion lf'. 'this pinion is secured to a. circular nhonlder from which the discharging lingers K radiate in sneh a marmer as to cont-.uct with the interior ot the bowl B thns .lin'ming a .gewond bearing ior the di l erger.

Thinning beneath bridge pier-e (i und with its teeth engaging the teeth of the pinion in n. curved raelt l, the hriiflgo piece forming" a guide for the vault nod serving; 1o hold it in engagement with the pinion. To the inner ond ol the rack in Honored :i btp-hunting A, the other end of which in pivoted to n sot. o'l' ears (l projecting; from one Side of the end of the handle ll. A sheath D ,itnnled for eon\'enienelx in grasping may be secured lo the niiddle part of the Spring A, lout this is not, essential.

The notion ot' the device is as follows: Astnningr the ni-n to be in position as shown in Fig. l, the hand grasps the spring :und handle and eomlnesnes (hein. This flattens spring A and eltmgates it thus thrusthandle ll are eonntl'neted ing rack E through nnde'r bridge piece G and rot-.ttes the pinion F and the attached discharging lingers .li within the bowl B, thus forcing the cream troni the bowl. Upon relaxing the pressure ot' the hand, the resiliency oi' sprinfr will draw rack E back ward and canse a rotation of the lingers in a, reverse direction. IBy bringing spring A away i'roin the hnndle rael; E will be drawn ont from under bridge piece G and from engage-nient with pinion 1", and the discharging; lingers and their pinion will bo free to fall ont through the bowl. The partey will thus be aparbior the pnrpone of cleaneino. T o reaSSeinble these parts is equally simple. The bowl being inverted the finger piece is dropped into the bowl So that gndgeon l. enters its bearing in the bridge piece Gr. Spring A is retracted snifioiently to allow the end of rack E to pass under G and enter its teeth into engagement with pinion F. As this pinion is provided on its upper surface with a projecting l'iange, it .cannotbe removed so long- 5` as rack E is in position beneath it. A

Having thus described our invention what we claim is:

l. An ice cream disher comprising a bowl provided with a handle, a sot ot' rotating lingers provided with a pinion, a bridge piece secured to said bowhsaid pinion being,` provided with a. projecting axis mounted in said bridge piece, and a bowed Spring seein-ed to said handle and having one end projected. beneath Said bridge piece and provided with a rack ior elw-aging said pinion.

2. In an iee ereani dis ier, an open ended bowl with n handle, a. bridge piece spanning, the open end, rotating lingers secured to a. pinion and having4 one bearing in said bridge piece, :track guided by said bridge piece and thereby held in niesh wit-h the pinion, and a bow-sprilnnr secured at'l one end to said rank and pivoted at the other end to said handle.

ln testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

LORY J. GRAFFORT. PEIJR L. HOFFMAN. Witn 2 Gnovnn Uni., J'onn IInNsnn. 

